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Screening of two Operas “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci”
Sun 19 Apr 2015, 3 pm and 7 pm
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội
Come to the screening of the quintessential verismo operas: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci.
In the second half of the 1800’s more operas were composed based on principles of French naturalism, called verismo in the Italian tradition. They took as their stories the problems that everyday people dealt with, as opposed to the gods and goddesses, kings and other royalty of opera stories a hundred years earlier.
Cavalleria Rusticana, composed by Pietro Mascagni, and Pagliacci, composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo, are short one-act operas and are usually performed together as the double bill CAV/PAG. Both of these operas were composed in the 1890s, both works involve jilted lovers who seek and get revenge on their faithless lovers before the opera ends.
The opera will be screened in the original Italian … [Read more...] about EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 10-20 (daily updated)

Rather Unique: LIVE hip-hop w/ Ali & St. What
Sat 28 May 2016, 9 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Come to enjoy the gold standard in live hip-hop. DJ Ali spins fresh beats while lyrical champ St. What lays down smooth lyrics. He raps for listeners, blunt-heads, fly ladies, and prisoners. Come experience a funk vortex of freestyles, hip-hop bangers, and radiant instrumentals.
Free entry!
Solo Exhibition “Sick of Love” by Jakub Julian Ziolkowski
Opening: Sat 28 May 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 28 May – 04 Jun 2016
Cafe Nhà Sàn
Come to a solo exhibition “Sick of Love” by Jakub Julian Ziolkowski.
“A boy dreams of finding treasure, a lonely man looks at his feet stepping on other feet that belong to his own shadow, faint marks of teeth pile on the shoulder of some strange girl who has come into the world before, me, and my hand pressed against the mirror, from now on i know.
Every mirror is … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON MAY 1-31 (DAILY UPDATE)